Chief Executive Officer
Professor Roger Halliday
Chief Executive Officer
Professor Roger Halliday is Chief Executive Officer of Research Data Scotland.
Find out more about Roger and the RDS Board.
Meet the team
Digital team
Hugh Wallace
Chief Information Officer
Hugh Wallace manages RDS's Digital team, overseeing the delivery and development of our digital services and information governance frameworks.
Contact the Digital team: info@researchdata.scot
Operations team
Paul Mills
Finance Manager
RDS's Operations team manage the organisation's operations, finances and human resources. They are currently led by Paul Mills, deputising for Charity Operations Manager, Allan Johnstone.
Contact the Operations team: info@researchdata.scot
Partnerships and Communications team
Layla Robinson
Partnership & Strategy Director
Layla has 20 years experience of working in partnerships, strategy, communications and related fields, mainly around research. This includes in the charity, private and research sectors. Layla oversees RDS's partnerships, communications and public engagement work.
Contact the Partnerships and Communications team: publicengagement@researchdata.scot
Programmes and Data team
Nora Cooke O'Dowd
Programmes and Data Acquisition Director
The Programmes and Data team is led by Nora Cooke O'Dowd. The team are looking to improve the end-to-end data for research journey in Scotland, focusing on how data is shared, stored, updated, accessed and analysed.
Contact the Programmes and Data team: info@researchdata.scot